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General Onimaru

“Tezuka's Heian-era epic follows half-Roman Onimaru's fight for freedom against oppression and discrimination in ancient Japan.”

General Onimaru

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14 chapters · 2 volumes · 1969 · Manga
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Tezuka's Heian-era epic follows half-Roman Onimaru's fight for freedom against oppression and discrimination in ancient Japan.

"Onimaru general" is a strange era in which he fought against the tragedy of a son, Onimaru born between the Romans who were drifting in Japan during the Heian period, Japanese wives, and the two of them . Even if you do not care about the era, the half character 's hero can be said to be quite different in the boys' cartoon world at the time. This character setting which can be said to be a bit pushy has been sublimated as an entertainment for boys by Tezuka Osamu's artistic technique, and also includes "Astro Boy" and "Astro Boy" such as fight against power, discrimination, A clear theme common to all the episodes set in ancient Japan such as "Fire Bird" is reflected in the work. The main character · Onimaru who holds a big body compared with the Japanese and advances towards the big goal of "making the country of liberty" is powerful and has a simple heart. The reader will learn great sorrow and resentment in the form of being oppressed by him who is feared by ignorant people and used as a tool of career from the powerful people including Ryo Fujiwara, etc. And from the way he met with understandable people in the fight and suffer from "real justice", you can not draw up the thought of Tezuka Osamu, "the human beings fighting against each other" Cow. And this theme will be spoken repeatedly until "Tell Adolf" in later years. By setting a hero named Onimaru, the "big river drama" in which a plurality of characters are proud of their stories, which is good at Tezuka Osamu, can be said to be sparse in this work, but the center of the story is destiny and As a result of focusing on the depiction of Onimaru which keeps fighting, readers became easy to share anger, sorrow, emotion with Onimaru. Why do not you read this work while feeling the tests he receives as well as sending cheers at the same time as you intended to become Onimaru. by tezukaosamu.net

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A Manga Publication

  • Format 14 × 2 ch × vol
  • Total read 1h 52m approx
  • Published Jan 1969 – Jun 1969
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M42622 catalog

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